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Chalcedonian Christology

Халкидонская христология

In one sentence

The classical formula of Christ as one Person in two natures, truly divine and truly human, without confusion or division.

In simple terms

Jesus Christ is one Person in two natures, fully divine and fully human, without confusion, change, division, or separation.

Biblical truth

The New Testament attributes to the one Jesus both genuinely divine and genuinely human qualities.

Key Scriptures

John 1:1,14 · Phil. 2:6–8 · Col. 2:9 · Heb. 1:3 · Heb. 2:14–18

Example

The same Christ can be weary as man while also being confessed as Lord and Son of God.

Who holds it

Orthodox, Catholic, and the great majority of historic Protestant traditions.

Opposing view

Eutychianism · Apollinarianism · Adoptionism · Docetism

Not to be confused with

Not to be confused with a Nestorian division into two personal subjects or an Eutychian confusion of the natures.

History

The formula is associated with the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and subsequent development of Christological terminology.

Main point of debate

The main dispute with alternative models is whether “one Person, two natures” adequately expresses the biblical unity and full deity and humanity of Christ.